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File picture of Elavenil Valarivan | Photo Credit: The Hindu
The 26-year-old from Tamil Nadu, who has received a number of gold medals in World Cups, shot a rating of 253.6 to complete on prime within the closing and declare her second gold within the continental showpiece, the primary coming means again in 2019 in Taiwan when she was honing her expertise underneath the tutelage of Olympic medallist shooter Gagan Narang at his Gun for Glory Academy.
The silver went to China’s Xinlu Peng with a rating of 253, whereas Korea’s Eunji Kwon (231.2) took dwelling the bronze.
This was Valarivan’s first particular person podium end within the ongoing occasion having received a silver and bronze within the crew occasions beforehand.
Another Indian within the fray, Mehuli Ghosh, signed off in fourth place after scoring 208.9 within the eight-shooter closing.
Valarivan had certified eighth for the ultimate with a rating of 630.7. Ghosh had initially completed tenth within the occasion with a rating of 630.3 however made the ultimate as two different higher-placed Indians — Arya Borse (633.2) and Sonam Maskar (630.5) — stepped apart since they have been competing just for rating factors.
Valarivan’s medal was solely the second senior particular person gold for India within the continental showpiece, the place the nation is topping the charts because of a robust exhibiting by its junior shooters.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka had claimed India’s first senior gold within the males’s skeet occasion. Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker had received the bronze medal within the ladies’s 10m air pistol competitors.
Juniors proceed to dominate
The trio of Shambhavi Shravan, Hrudya Shri Kondur and Isha Anil received the gold medal within the crew gold within the ladies’s junior 10m air rifle competitors with a mixed complete of 1896.2, which is a junior world and Asian document.
The groups from China and South Korea bagged the silver and bronze respectively.
Consistent Valarivan
One of India’s most constant lady rifle shooters for some years now, Valarivan has again and again confirmed her mettle in opposition to the very best on this planet be it within the World Cup, the season-ending World Cup Finals, or the Asian Championship.
Currently ranked eleventh, she is now set to storm into the top-10 which isn’t an uncharted territory for the Indian ace, having as soon as achieved the world primary rating in her class.
Known for her unwavering focus and psychological fortitude underneath stress, Valarivan is now aiming for glory at subsequent 12 months’s Asian Games however earlier than that, she is going to need to do effectively on the ISSF World Championships, the place she has a tea, bronze however no particular person honours.
Besides the Olympics, the Worlds and Asian Games are among the occasions by which Valarivan is but to style success within the particular person occasions.
Published – August 22, 2025 03:52 pm IST
